Heel-cushion for shoes.



L. E. CUMMINGS. HEEL UUSHION POR SHOES. APPLIoATIoN FILED JUNE 7, 1907.

922,094. Patented May 1s, 1909.

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OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

LELAND E. CUMMINGS,

HEEL-GUSHI-@N FR SHUES.

No. 922,094. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented May 18, 1909.

Application filed June 7, 1967, Serial Not 377,697.

i persons heel is a piece of non-absorbent manY To all whom it may concern:

terial 4, preferably cork. The piece of cork Be it known that l, LELAND E. CUMMiNGs, citizen of the United States of America, re-

conforms in shape to the siding at Pittsburg, in the county of Alleone edge beveled, as at 5, to meet the bevgheny and State of Pennsylvania, have in" eled edge 6, of the cushion, thereby providvented certain new and useful lmproveing asinooth and uninterrupted surface for a ments in Heel-Cushions for Shoes, of which persons foot within a shoe. the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying draw- 'l l claim and desire to secure by ing. ent is:

This invention relates to improvements in l A heel cushion for slices comprising a strip heel cushions for shoes, boots and similar l of resilient material having its lower face footwear, and the invention has for its object to provide a novel heel cushion through l pending lugs arranged in transverse rows, the which air can circulate, thus ventilating a lugs of one row alternately disposed with reshoe and providing a soft elastic cushion for l spect to the lugs of an adjacent row and all the heel. l of said lugs so disposed with respect to each My invention aims to provide a resilient l other as to provide cushion of rubber or similar material having i tending channels a corrugated or recessed surface, for allowing 1 Letters Patformed with a plurality between the lugs, said lugs of each outer row of lugs being of less tom of a shoe. length than the other rows, said lugs having The cushion is provided with a covering of l flat lower ends and non-absorbing material, such as cork, and in l cross sectional area toward their lower ends, its entirety presents a sanitary article that the lugs of the rows between the outer rows can be easily and quickly placed in position of lugs being of the same length, said strip of for use. a length as to extend over approximately air to pass between the cushion and the bot- The detail construction of a heel cushion l, half of the arch portion of a shoe and havingij/ its forward end beveled with the lower face pointed out in the appended claim. of said beveled portion smooth, said transln the drawing, Figure l is an elevation of verse rows of lugs extending from a point in a shoe partly broken away, illustrating the close proximity to the rear terminus of said cushion in position over the heel of the shoe, l strip to a point in close proximity and Fig. 2 is a bottom plan of the cushion. i beveled portion at the forward terminus of The cushion is made of a piece of rubber l y the strip, and a strip of cork secured diconforming in shape to the contour ofk the inl rectly to the upper face and corresponding in ner heel part of the shoe sole. The rubber is contour to the shape of said resilient strip, provided with a plurality of equally spaced teats or lugs 2 providing spaces 3 for the circulation of air beneath the cushion, when placed in a shoe as illustrated in Fig. l of the drawing. The lugs 2 are arranged in transverse rows with the lugs of one row alternately disposed with respect to the lugs of an will be presently described and specifically l mounted upon the beveled portion of the resilient strip.

ln testimony whereof l aiiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

LELAND E. CUMMINGS.

l Witnesses:

adjacent row.

Suitably secured directly upon the upper MAX H. SRoLovrTZ, face of the cushion and forming a seat for a 1 C. V. BROOKS.

cushion and has its Having fully described my invention, what of independent dea series of diagonally exchannels uninterrupted from end to end, the

gradually decreasing in to the said said strip of cork having a beveled portion 

